Chapter Twenty Two


Ellie's POV

I woke with a start to find Toshinori laying next to me staring at me with the same cheesy smile I'd woken up to for the past week. Before he could open his mouth to ask me the same question he'd asked me every day since we'd started trying for a baby, I smacked him in the face with my pillow. "It's only been a week! Go back to school if you don't understand basic human reproduction!" My face burned with heat and I rolled over turning my back to him.

A small smile claimed my lips as I felt his arms encircle me dragging me to him nestling me against his warm body. Relaxing in his arms, I closed my eyes ready to drift back to sleep only to groan as my alarm sounded from the nightstand on my side of the bed. Reluctantly, I pulled myself away from Toshinori and smacked my alarm clock a little more aggressively than I had meant to, causing the nightstand to give a groan of protest and the alarm to sink in to the wooden surface creating faint indents.

"What's wrong?" Toshinori asked worried.

"The kids are starting their internships today." I said softly as worry wormed through me. They were still so young and had so much to learn.

Toshinori smiled, "Are you worried about them?"

"Pfft. No." I attempted to shrug it off. "Deliver a message to that geezer for me. If Midoriya ends up in the hospital again, someone is answering to me for it. Whether it's you, the geezer or Midoriya someone is going to be in big trouble."

Toshinori paled, "Why me?"

"You're his mentor." I glowered before going to change.

"Maybe Ellie should deliver her message to Gran Torino..." Toshinori grimaced.

"Are you more afraid of the geezer or your wife?" I challenged him as I stepped out of the closet with my hands on my hips not looking very intimidating in just my cute heart panties and matching bra.

Toshinori chuckled, "I'm afraid if I answer that question my adorable wife is going to send me flying through a wall..."

I rolled my eyes and stomped back into the closet to find clothes. "I'm not sure why you're afraid of that geezer in the first pla-AH!" My foot caught the edge of the stupid swing Toshinori had tried to put together and stopped putting together after I yelled at him and apparently tried to hide it in the closet. I toppled forward and nearly smacked face first into a shelf but felt a strong arm encircle my waist keeping me from harm. "THROW THAT RIDICULOUS THING OUT!" I snapped causing Toshinori to chuckle.

"I'll talk to Gran Torino." He reassured me as he steadied me and kissed the top of my head calming me down and tactfully avoided my order.

"Thank you."

"Where are you taking young Shinso to?" Toshinori asked as with a laugh as I stuffed myself into some baggy dark clothes with a hood to keep myself mostly concealed.

"Somewhere I'm not entirely welcome." I grumbled.

Toshinori chuckled, "Where might that be?"

"A little town not too far away where I may have destroyed their entire harbor a decade ago...and hospitalized most of the local heroes when they tried to apprehend me..."

Toshinori shook his head at this not sure whether to laugh or be concerned for my wellbeing. "Will you be alright?"

"Yep."

"Will they be alright?" He chuckled.

"If they mind their own damn business and remember their manners they should be fine." I smiled sweetly causing him to shake his head and laugh silently.

Toshinori caught me in his arms as I attempted to exit the closet. Before I could protest he captured my lips in a sweet kiss, "Be careful."

I frowned as I took a step away from him, he was worried about something happening. "I'm quite capable of taking care of myself Toshi-chan...what are you worried about?"

"Villains know about us now...I put a target on your ba-."

I scoffed at this, "I put plenty of targets on my back just fine, you can't go taking credit for that, Toshi-chan." My words didn't reassure him, "Your enemies are already my enemies, nothing has changed and anyone stupid enough to attack me will find their eternal slumber." I attempted to smile but he still seemed worried. "I'll check in frequently if that will make you feel better." I caved with a sigh.

"I'd feel better if I went with you."

"Enough people know about One for All and your limitations with it right now, you're not coming with me." I growled.

"I can stay in my hero form." Toshinori piped up.

"For the whole time?"

"Sure."

"And how do you plan to explain to Shinso that the number one hero, All Might, wanted to accompany him and his teacher to get to his internship?" I shot.

"Most the school already knows we're married Ellie." Toshinori chuckled.

"Which is already too many people!" I snapped but faltered when I saw the familiar desolate look in his eyes he was feeling helpless again. Sighing, I forced myself to calm down, "I trust Shinso...so I guess its fine..."

Toshinori smiled and kissed me on the cheek before finding something suitable to wear as I trudged to the kitchen to grab the lunches, I'd prepared the night before. After a few miserable attempts at disguising himself in inconspicuous clothing, I sighed and went to the closet to find some baggy clothing for Toshinori to wear that would hopefully keep him concealed enough to not draw attention. Once satisfied that he was disguised enough to not stand out we were on our way.

We reached the spot I'd agreed to meet with Shinso, after the hero class students had all left for their own internships, a park near the train station. Shinso was sitting on a bench looking lost in thought. I could tell from the tension in his muscles that he was anxious, excited and nervous about his internship. He was formulating plans for various scenarios as he sat lost in thought trying to plan for as much as he possibly could.

"Young Shinso!" Toshinori bellowed from behind me causing both Shinso and I to jump at his sudden outburst.

"What are you doing?!" I hissed.

Shinso looked to me curiously before his gaze fell on All Might standing a few paces behind me in all his shining glory despite the baggy dark clothing I'd tried to make him hide in.

I waved my hands to stop him from questioning why All Might was with us, "Don't ask."

Shinso chuckled softly, "Alright. So, are we taking the train?"

"Why would we do that when there's a much faster way to travel." I smirked.

"What do you me-?" Shinso began to ask but cut off as I grabbed his wrist in my hand. Toshinori hurried to grab hold of my other hand and Shinso's duffel bag before we were swept up in a violent torrent of wind.

We were dropped lightly miles away in the center square of a small harbor town. The harbor looked pristine and new and all of the warehouses appeared to have been constructed within the past few years. The last time I'd been here, I'd destroyed the harbor and all the warehouses along the docks as they were being used for Pharmatech's illegal activity. Shinso dropped to his knees once we landed looking a little green in the face.

"I'm not a fan of your method of travel." He groaned causing me to roll my eyes.

"It's faster than anything else." I smirked only to tense as the hair on the back of my neck stood on end alerting me to danger. My body moved on autopilot sending a strong breeze back to sweep Shinso and Toshinori out of harm's way as I turned with a glare to confront the danger.

Three of the local heroes stepped out of a nearby building. Two I recognized from their earlier days, they'd been among the local heroes who'd tried to stop me before, both of them had been hospitalized. The third was younger, I'd never seen him before. One of the senior heroes stepped forward and I felt a sharp piercing pain shoot through my skull and winced as it felt like there was something ricocheting inside my head.

"You're not welcome here, Tornado!" The hero currently attacking my brain growled as he continued advancing toward me.

How did his quirk work, was it an area effect or did it have a single target? My blood began to boil at the thought of my student being in this kind of pain. Blood began to drip from my nostrils. I bit my lip and fought off the pain before darting forward in the blink of an eye not giving Toshinori a chance to get closer. I didn't need either of them getting caught in his quirk.

The hero's eyes grew wide as I vanished from his line of sight, the fool thought he'd incapacitated me. I appeared before him and swung my fist with all my might in a swift upper cut. Catching him under the chin with enough force, I saw the light fade from his eyes as he was lifted off his feet from the force of my blow.

The young hero made a move to apprehend me as I'd just knocked his senior unconscious. I caught him by the wrist and shot him a look of pure loathing. "You trigger happy idiots are about to piss me off." I snarled as shrieking winds began to tear through the town square causing the few lingering civilians to seek shelter inside of shops and nearby eateries.

"Ellie." Toshinori appeared at my side and lightly placed his hand over top of mine trying to calm me down.

"It's All Might!" A few voices shouted in the distance.

"They started it." I glowered at the remaining two heroes.

"You're a villain!" The other hero snapped at me.

"Elli-." Toshinori called out to stop me but was a fraction too late as a raging gust of wind sent the imbecile flying into the bay where he landed with a splash. He cringed as my rage began to spiral out of control, "Ellie, it's oka-."

"It's not okay! They could have hurt my student." I seethed. "They'd rather fire first and ask questions later." My grip on the younger hero's wrist tightened causing him to wince. "What kind of lesson is that for a young impressionable mind?"

Shinso slowly made his way over, dusting himself off from my violent attempt at getting him out of harm's way. "I'm not hurt." I released my hold on the younger hero and glanced over at Shinso. His eyes widened as he took in my current appearance with the steady stream of blood pouring from my nostrils and now my ears. "Can't say the same for you though...you alright, sensei?"

"I'm fine." I grumbled as the hero I'd sent flying pulled himself up onto a nearby dock and sloshed toward us.

"What the hell are you doing here, Tornado-."

"Call me that again and you won't be able to swim back from where I send you." I snarled. Toshinori looked down at me in concern, the blood flow was steady and showed no sign of slowing down.

"Good thing you were here to apprehend her, All Might." The sopping wet hero noted.

Shinso took a step back with a smirk expecting me to send the man flying again. Before I could act, Toshinori draped his arm across my shoulders and pulled me against him. "I'm not apprehending her, I'm merely trying to comfort my wife."

"Stop.Telling.People.You.Idiot." I said through gritted teeth causing Shinso to chuckle as the two local heroes stared at us with their mouths agape.

"WHAT?!" The two local heroes still conscious exclaimed.

"If either of you idiots tell a soul, I'll be back and you won't like what happens after that." I hissed as I bristled with rage.

"I don't get a threat, sensei?" Shinso poked at me with a smirk.

"Why bother, you already knew." I shrugged.

"Well I had my suspicions but you've just confirmed it." He chuckled.

"When that idiot wakes up, you had better inform him, if he ever tries to attack me again, I'll gladly help him find his eternal rest." I glared down at the unconscious hero as I felt the blood dripping from my ears begin to soak the shoulder of my bulky sweatshirt.

"Ellie..." All Might looked down at me, his trademark smile replaced with a concerned frown and worry lines.

I hurriedly wiped at my nose with the sleeve of my sweatshirt, it was soaked in an instant. I was losing a lot of blood. Stubbornly I pulled away from Toshinori and turned to Shinso, "Since this is just a temporary internship...that conversation we had on it being okay to ignore authority if they were of an inferior intellect and were going to cause more harm than good, it may be better to ignore it, within reason...just do as your told for the time being, no matter how daunting the task. And remember, I'm just a phone call away."

Shinso cracked a smile as I'd just insulted the intelligence and capability of every local hero of the small harbor town. All Might shook his head while the two local heroes slowly worked out that I'd insulted them.

"Hey!"

"I'll do my best." Shinso smiled, "Thanks again, Ellie."

"Don't you dare hug me." I glowered as he opened his arms.

He sighed and picked up his duffel bag and followed the heroes away to start his internship. The moment they all vanished from my line of sight, I felt my knees weaken. Strong arms encircled me and I felt my eyes flutter closed as I was swept into Toshinori's strong loving embrace.


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